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Gay Republican group banned from GOP convention
After years spent telling Republicans that LGBTQ rights aren't important and mocking the community, the group was surprised to find out that the Party listened to them.
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Senators reach bipartisan compromise on gun violence bill
Senate bargainers reached agreement Tuesday on a bipartisan gun violence bill , potentially teeing up final passage by week's end on an incremental but landmark package that would stand as Congress’ response to mass shootings in Texas and New York
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Senate passes first major federal gun safety legislation in decades
The Senate on Thursday night passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence that amounts to the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades.
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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortion rights
The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that enshrined abortion as a constitutional right in the U.S. for almost half a century.
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US senators call for close look at TikTok
Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday called for an investigation into whether Chinese officials are getting access to data about US users of video-snippet sharing sensation TikTok.
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Biden signs executive order to protect abortion access
The order aims to safeguard access to reproductive health care services, including abortion and contraception.
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One Small Step for Democracy in a ‘Live Free or Die’ Town
A cautionary tale from Croydon, N.H., where one man tried to foist a change so drastic it jolted a community out of political indifference.
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Texas sues Biden administration over requiring abortions in medical emergencies
The suit says a directive that medical providers must offer "legally-mandated, life- or health-saving abortion services in emergency situations" is unlawful.
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Manchin Dangles Hopes of a Future Compromise. Democrats Revolt.
A day after the West Virginia senator scuttled plans to pass a climate and tax package, many in his party blamed him for the demise of their ambitions and expressed a lack of trust in him.
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Let’s rebuild the US microchip industry – not give it a $50bn-plus check
For two months, a 107-member conference committee has been working to finalize an agreement on the US Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) which would provide more than $50bn in corporate welfare to the highly profitable microchip industry with no strings attached.
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How Joe Manchin Left a Global Tax Deal in Limbo
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen’s signature achievement is in jeopardy if the United States cannot ratify the tax agreement that she brokered.
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House Passes Bill To Protect Same-Sex Marriage Rights
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation that provides rights to same-sex marriage, following concerns that future Supreme Court decisions could roll back precedent. The legislati…
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Inside Trump '25: A radical plan for Trump’s second term
Allies want to empower him to purge potentially thousands of civil servants.
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Kamala Harris would beat Ron DeSantis in 2024 election: poll
A significant percentage of registered voters were undecided in the theoretical race between the potential 2024 presidential candidates.
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How two Texas megadonors have turbocharged the state's far-right shift
Two Texas billionaires have funneled money to conservative candidates and helped reshape the state's Republican party in their worldview.
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Manchin, in a Reversal, Agrees to Climate and Tax Package
The West Virginia Democrat, a holdout on his party’s domestic agenda, said the package would reduce inflation, a concern he had cited in rejecting it just weeks ago.
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Democrats secure breakthrough with Kyrsten Sinema on climate bill
The Arizona senator said she had agreed to last-minute changes on the measure’s tax and energy provisions
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The internet is a misinformation superhighway
Politically speaking, the internet is pretty much a disaster. One writer suspects that unhinged, unregulated social media are partly responsible for a retreat from democratic values
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Senate Democrats begin vote on landmark $430bn climate bill
US Senate Democrats on Saturday began a vote on a bill that would address key elements of Joe Biden’s agenda, tackling climate change, lowering the cost of energy and senior citizens’ drugs and forcing the wealthy to pay more taxes.
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FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago,
The FBI executed a search warrant on Monday at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents
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